Pass parameters to HTML Web resource

function getDataParam() {
//Get the any query string parameters and load them
//into the vals array

var vals = new Array();
if (location.search != “”) {
vals = location.search.substr(1).split(“&”);
for (var i in vals) {
vals[i] = vals[i].replace(/\+/g, ” “).split(“=”);
}
//look for the parameter named ‘data’
var found = false;
for (var i in vals) {
if (vals[i][0].toLowerCase() == “data”) {
parseDataValue(vals[i][1]);
found = true;
break;
}
}
if (!found)
{ noParams(); }
}
else {
noParams();
}
}

function parseDataValue(datavalue) {
if (datavalue != “”) {
var vals = new Array();

var message = document.createElement(“p”);
setText(message, “These are the data parameters values that were passed to this page:”);
document.body.appendChild(message);

vals = decodeURIComponent(datavalue).split(“&”);
for (var i in vals) {
vals[i] = vals[i].replace(/\+/g, ” “).split(“=”);
}

//Create a table and header using the DOM
var oTable = document.createElement(“table”);
var oTHead = document.createElement(“thead”);
var oTHeadTR = document.createElement(“tr”);
var oTHeadTRTH1 = document.createElement(“th”);
setText(oTHeadTRTH1, “Parameter”);
var oTHeadTRTH2 = document.createElement(“th”);
setText(oTHeadTRTH2, “Value”);
oTHeadTR.appendChild(oTHeadTRTH1);
oTHeadTR.appendChild(oTHeadTRTH2);
oTHead.appendChild(oTHeadTR);
oTable.appendChild(oTHead);
var oTBody = document.createElement(“tbody”);
//Loop through vals and create rows for the table
for (var i in vals) {
var oTRow = document.createElement(“tr”);
var oTRowTD1 = document.createElement(“td”);
setText(oTRowTD1, vals[i][0]);
var oTRowTD2 = document.createElement(“td”);
setText(oTRowTD2, vals[i][1]);

oTRow.appendChild(oTRowTD1);
oTRow.appendChild(oTRowTD2);
oTBody.appendChild(oTRow);
}

oTable.appendChild(oTBody);
document.body.appendChild(oTable);
}
else {
noParams();
}
}

function noParams() {
var message = document.createElement(“p”);
setText(message, “No data parameter was passed to this page”);

document.body.appendChild(message);
}
//Added for cross browser support.
function setText(element, text) {
if (typeof element.innerText != “undefined”) {
element.innerText = text;
}
else {
element.textContent = text;
}

}